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"You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if youâ€ve had the sort of career,
ups and downs, warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre."
One of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, Andrew Lloyd Webber has reigned over the
musical theatre world for nearly five decades. The winner of numerous awards, including multiple Tonys and an
Oscar, Lloyd Webber has enchanted millions worldwide with his music and numerous hit shows, including
Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera—Broadwayâ€s longest running show—and
most recently, School of Rock. In Unmasked, written in his own inimitable, quirky voice, the revered, awardwinning
composer takes stock of his achievements, the twists of fate and circumstance which brought him both
success and disappointment, and the passions that inspire and sustain him.
The son of a music professor and a piano teacher, Lloyd Webber reveals his artistic influences, from his idols
Rodgers and Hammerstein and the perfection of South Pacificâ€s “Some Enchanted Evening,― to the pop
and rock music of the 1960s and Pucciniâ€s Tosca, to P. G. Wodehouse and T. S. Eliot. Lloyd Webber recalls
his bohemian London youth, reminiscing about the happiest place of his childhood, his homemade Harrington
Pavilion—a make-believe world of musical theatre in which he created his earliest entertainments.
A record of several exciting and turbulent decades of British and American musical theatre and the
transformation of popular music itself, Unmasked is ultimately a chronicle of artistic creation. Lloyd Webber
looks back at the development of some of his most famous works and illuminates his collaborations with

luminaries such as Tim Rice, Robert Stigwood, Harold Prince, Cameron Mackintosh, and Trevor Nunn. Taking
us behind the scenes of his productions, Lloyd Webber reveals fascinating details about each show, including
the rich cast of characters involved with making them, and the creative and logistical challenges and artistic
political battles that ensued.
Lloyd Webber shares his recollections of the works that have become cultural touchstones for generations of
fans: writings songs for a school production that would become his first hit, Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat; finding the coterie of performers for his classic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar;
developing his first megahit, Evita, which would win seven Tonys Awards, including Best Musical; staking his
reputation and fortune on the groundbreaking Cats; and making history with the dazzling The Phantom of the
Opera.
Reflecting a life that included many passions (from architecture to Turkish Swimming Cats), full of witty and
revealing anecdotes, and featuring cameo appearances by numerous celebrities—Elaine Paige, Sarah
Brightman, David Frost, Julie Covington, Judi Dench, Richard Branson, A.R. Rahman, Mandy Patinkin, Patti
LuPone, Richard Rodgers, Norman Jewison, Milos Forman, Plácido Domingo, Barbra Streisand, Michael
Crawford, Gillian Lynne, Betty Buckley, and more—Unmasked at last reveals the true face of the
extraordinary man beneath the storied legend.